Master course content while thinking laterally and adapting to new challenges to become an OSEE

AWE Registration Options

Advanced Windows Exploitation is especially demanding, requiring a great deal of student-instructor interaction. For this reason, the AWE security training course is only available in a live hands-on environment at Black Hat USA in Las Vegas, NV.

Additionally, to get the most out of this live penetration testing course you will want to spend time in the evenings working through case studies and reviewing the provided reading material. This is the hardest and most intense Offensive Security course we offer and requires a lot of commitment from the students.

Can’t make it to Black Hat USA or need to have a large group trained from your organization? Offensive Security In-House Training can bring our Advanced Windows Exploitation course to you.

Student Prerequisites

Students should be experienced in developing windows exploits and understand how to operate a debugger. Familiarity with WinDbg, Immunity Debugger, and Python scripting is highly recommended. A willingness to work and put in real effort will greatly help students succeed in this security training course.

Computer Lab Requirements

You want to bring a serious laptop along. One able to run 3 VMs with ease. Please do not bring netbooks or other low resolution systems.

The OSEE virtual lab environment is configured with a limited number of target systems with software containing specific unknown vulnerabilities for which the student must develop exploits. In this extremely challenging exam, the student is provided with 72 hours in order to develop their exploits and fully document the steps taken.

The OSEE certification exam takes place completely online, with students connecting to our VPN virtual lab environment so you will need a stable, high speed Internet connection to take the Advanced Windows Exploitation exam.

Modern exploit mitigations require modern bypass techniques

Writing exploits on modern Windows based platforms over the years has become a complex dance of memory manipulation to circumvention of modern mitigations Microsoft has put in place.

Real-World Applications

All of the case studies in Advanced Windows Exploitation are large, well-known applications that are widely deployed in enterprise networks.

The AWE penetration testing training course provides students with an in-depth and hardcore drill down into topics ranging from precision heap spraying to DEP and ASLR bypass techniques to real-world 64-bit kernel exploitation.